<table class="contentpaneopen-blg" style="color:rgb(69,63,56);font-family:Arial,Verdana,san-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:left"><tbody><tr><td class="contentheading-blg" width="100%"><a href="http://www.nirs.org.au/news/latest-news/7583-nyungar-place-names-to-have-meanings-deciphered" class="contentpagetitle-blg" style="color:rgb(241,118,0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;font-size:18px;border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:silver;padding-top:7px;width:525px;display:block">Nyungar place names to have meanings deciphered</a></td>
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<tr><td valign="top" class="createdate" style="text-transform:uppercase;font-size:10px;color:silver">FRIDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2012 16:12<br><br></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><p>An Indigenous academic says he's undertaking a project to determine the true meanings of place names derived from the Nyungar language in south-west Australia.</p>
<p>The University of Western Australia's Len Collard says 50 per cent of towns in the region have names of Nyungar origins.</p><p></p><p>Access full article below: </p><div><a href="http://www.nirs.org.au/news/latest-news/7583-nyungar-place-names-to-have-meanings-deciphered">http://www.nirs.org.au/news/latest-news/7583-nyungar-place-names-to-have-meanings-deciphered</a></div>
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